Author: celestin
Date: Fri Aug 17 18:45:49 2012
New Revision: 1374395
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1374395&view=rev
Log:
MATH-843: integrated changes suggested by Dominik Gruntz.
Modified:
commons/proper/math/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/util/Precision.java
Modified:
commons/proper/math/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/util/Precision.java
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/math/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/util/Precision.java?rev=1374395&r1=1374394&r2=1374395&view=diff
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---
commons/proper/math/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/util/Precision.java
(original)
+++
commons/proper/math/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/util/Precision.java
Fri Aug 17 18:45:49 2012
@@ -30,10 +30,17 @@ import org.apache.commons.math3.exceptio
*/
public class Precision {
/**
+ * <p>
* Largest double-precision floating-point number such that
- * {@code 1 + EPSILON} is numerically equal to 1.
- * <br/>
+ * {@code 1 + EPSILON} is numerically equal to 1. This value is an upper
+ * bound on the relative error due to rounding real numbers to double
+ * precision floating-point numbers.
+ * </p>
+ * <p>
* In IEEE 754 arithmetic, this is 2<sup>-53</sup>.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_epsilon";>Machine
epsilon</a>
*/
public static final double EPSILON;
